Dr Charles Taft Dies at 65 with Lincoln Deathbed Ties
Dr Charles S Taft, raised at Ford's Theatre box where Lincoln died, passed away at 65 from throat cancer at his Mt. Vernon home. He leaves three survivors of those present at Lincoln's deathbed and had been ill a year. Beatrice Harraden, recovering after a Norway accident, notes Norwegian version of Ships that Pass in the Night omits final chapter. Japan forms new cabinet. Toru Hoshi resigns as minister of communications amid personal financial scandal, cabinet tenure historically brief.
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Lincoln
Charles Sabin Taft
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
South Seventh Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Taft
Beatrice Harraden
Norway
Hampstead
England
Worthy
Japan
Toru Hoshi
Progressists
Yamagata
Roosevelt removes Gardiner as New York district attorney
Governor Roosevelt removes Col. Asa Bird Gardiner from the New York County district attorney post and appoints Eugene A. Philbin, the fourth official ousted by the governor on charges. Gardiner is the first Democrat removed, with the case citing his conduct around the election and the indictment of Chief of Police Devery.
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Gardiner
New York
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York County
Eugene A. Philbin
New York City
State Board of Charities
Hutson
Chautauqua County
Hulet
Washington County
Peter M. Wise
State Commission
Col
Devery
Great Reform Leader Felix Adler Heads Ethical Culture Group
Dr Felix Adler of New York a noted reformer in education and philanthropy leads the Ethical Culture movement in New York. He has allied with Bishop Potter and other prominent citizens to reform misrule and vice in large cities. Adler founded the Society for Ethical Culture in 1876 while a Cornell professor and was its head.
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Felix Adler
New York
Bishop Potter
DR. Adler
Society For Ethical Culture
Adler
Cornell University
The Chinese Indemnity and China’s Burden
Sir Robert Hart, head of the Chinese maritime customs, warns in a letter to the Pekin correspondent of the Paris Temps that China cannot easily meet a vast indemnity demanded by the powers. He estimates claims could total as much as 250 million dollars, a sum hard to collect from a crippled, disorganized China.
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Robert Hart
Pekin
Paris Temps
China
Actress's sister weds manager Forbes Robertson in London
Forbes Robertson, the actor manager, married Miss Gertrude Elliott sister of Maxine Elliott at All Souls church in London. The ceremony was quiet with no bridesmaids and Mrs Madeline Reilly supporting the bride while Norman Forbes served as best man.
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Forbes Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Colorado jury unanimity ruling voids nine member verdicts
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled a 9 member jury verdict unconstitutional, invalidating a law that allowed verdicts by nine jurors on a twelve member panel. The decision preserves unanimity as required, signaling retrials for cases decided under the flawed statute.
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Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Ninety-Seven and at Work by Sid Cooper Painter
Sidney Cooper at age ninety seven continues daily work on a six foot painting of sheep for next year’s academy. The R A. painter uses studies from 1845 and paints from nine to twelve thirty, saying he feels better now than in the previous four years.
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Sidney Cooper
R. A
Academy
Cooper
Scotch collies guard poultry in old proverb tale
A poultryman argues a Scotch collie makes the best guardian for fowl and aids in guiding ducks and geese to feeding grounds. The piece notes the collie’s interest in the work and frames the century change as a period of invention, naming Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy for stomach ailments.
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Hostetter
Early schooling aims in China described
The text notes that early instruction begins with tasks for young Chinese children and mentions a B A level at age three as part of initial education. It emphasizes the early education phase and its aims within Chinese schooling.
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China
National Live Stock Association Convention in Salt Lake City
Fourth annual gathering promises largest ever stockmen convention in Salt Lake City. Events include Assembly Hall meetings, Tabernacle concert, evenings of entertainment, mine excursions, and special train from Denver January 13. Round trip fares 18 dollars from Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo. other points single fare. Reserve sleeping car space now.
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National Live Stock Association
Salt Lake
Assembly Hall
The
Mormon Church
Tabernacle
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
S. K. Hooper
Rio Grande
England-bound in two days by forty eight electric ships
Atlantic ships to cross from New York to Liverpool in two days. John Elfreth Watkins Jr. describes fast electric sledlike vessels with air jets reducing water friction, electric propellers moving through water and air, fireproof cabins, and submarines that dive during storms waiting for fair weather.
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Atlantic
New York
Liverpool
John Elfreth Watkins, Jr
Ladies’ Home Journal
Aaron Burr and the Judge in a Duel Remark
In New York Judge James Kent, admirer of Alexander Hamilton, confronted Aaron Burr across Nashe Street brandishing insults. Burr bowed, then calmly stated that the opinions of the learned chancellor deserve utmost respect.
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James Kent
Blackstone
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
New York
Burr
Nashe
Free sample offer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder
Advertisements claim a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a foot powder that cures sweating damp swollen and aching feet and eases new or tight shoes. Also mentions various unrelated ads for laundry blue corns and humorous bits from a period publication with miscellaneous notices and jokes.
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Allen S. Olmsted
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